[bluebear9048]

I've had sleep issues my whole life. I'm 16 (in a few weeks) and lately I've been sleepwalking and having nightmares. I am in a secure treatment facility where they lock you in your room at night, so when I sleepwalk I often knock on my door, a staff comes and I say something strange. I am half-aware that I am sleepwalking and often feel embarrassed once I realize that I'm sleepwalking and talking nonsense to the staff. Sometimes I'll look around for my hamster (thinking I'm at home and my hamster is missing) or I'll rip papers off my wall in my room. My nightmares are hynopompic, so they aren't while I'm sleeping it's while I'm waking up. I see ghosts or spiders when I wake up. I often wake up at 4 AM and can't fall asleep again.

I used to have night terrors and sleepwalking as a kid and now it's resurfacing. I can't understand why.

I've started taking different medications recently, maybe they have something to do with it?
In the morning I take:
Strattera 40mg
Risperidone .25mg.

At night I take:
Melatonin 5mg or 10mg .. i can't remember
Risperidone 1.5 mg
Trazodone 125mg

Can anyone help me figure this out? i'd greatly appreciate it

[Piraeus]

Hi bluebear9048. It's nice to meet you. I too have sleep walking issues. I get up and sleep standing up. I took a bottle of liquid body soap, and squeezed it in my mouth...yuk. I also sprayed some anti fungus spray in my mouth. I do some crazy things when I am sleep walking.

I also get up super early. 4 or 5 am. I kind of like that because I get some peace when everyone is sleeping. Maybe it's the meds you are on that is causing it. I take Trazodone 150mg at night.I haven't sleepwalked for a couple of months, but it could come back.

Sincerely,

Piraeus